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Do you think in the future Computers will need alcohol to function?

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  • 20-09-2010 2:56pm
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    CorkMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭


    The idea pops in and out of my mind all the time. They are powered by electricity ATM, but why not alcohol? It just seems better.


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    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,568 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    LOL

    I'd post something witty (or try to!) but too busy laughing. Sorry.


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    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,321 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Too much Futurama.


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    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    simpsons - homer at the alcohol fuel pump comes to mind


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    _feedback_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,269 ✭✭✭_feedback_


    My boards.ie "posting stupid crap until 4am" function needs alcohol to function at the moment, so yeah I suppose it could happen that computers need it in years to come.


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    minidazzler
    Registered Users Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    Um, but I use alcohol for drinking?


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    CorkMan wrote: »
    The idea pops in and out of my mind all the time. They are powered by electricity ATM, but why not alcohol? It just seems better.
    Better for the environment?


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    DoneDL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 902 ✭✭✭DoneDL


    I suppose its possible, its just that we need all the alcohol at the moment to power the Dail.


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    NothingMan
    Registered Users Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭NothingMan


    Why can't my computer be powered off love or cuddles, or my sense of loathing and hopelessness I feel towards the world every day of this miserable sexy existence of mine?


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    artanevilla
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,262 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    Pint for me and a Jemmie for the laptop please.


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    Trashbat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 489 ✭✭Trashbat


    CorkMan wrote: »
    It just seems better.


    In the same sense that when a Mac user tries to claim that Apple are "just better" and then cannot justify this assertion with actual facts?


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    CorkMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭CorkMan


    Trashbat wrote: »
    In the same sense that when a Mac user tries to claim that Apple are "just better" and then cannot justify this assertion with actual facts?

    Like eventually electricity will die out, that is just fact, but alcohol will always be around.


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    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Alcohol powered fuel cells .


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    Dun laoire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,687 ✭✭✭Dun laoire


    "I hate cocaine but i like the smell of it"


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    Newaglish
    Registered Users Posts: 2,734 ✭✭✭Newaglish


    what is this I don't even


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    karlog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭karlog


    No future computers would still be powered by electricity but we would be generating electricity from other sources besides fossil fuels. Why would we need to get rid of electricity in the first place?

    Just in case the OP is serious, theres a serious answer


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    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,568 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    I can't see myself sharing my bottle of Budweiser with my PC. :D


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    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,919 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    Perhaps said alcohol using devicers would need a graphic user sh*tface


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    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Biggins wrote: »
    I can't see myself sharing my bottle of Budweiser with my PC. :D

    Budweiser? Ugh, no computer would accept that soapsud crap.


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    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,568 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Confab wrote: »
    Budweiser? Ugh, no computer would accept that soapsud crap.
    :pac:

    Probably?


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    starlit
    Registered Users Posts: 12,334 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    I seriously do not want my computer to be drunk and malfunction. A drunken computer? The computer will probably go bust if it needs alcohol to function not feasible or technologically possible.


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    PeterIanStaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭PeterIanStaker


    bluewolf wrote: »
    simpsons - homer at the alcohol fuel pump comes to mind

    "one for you, . . one for me" :D


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    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,919 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    Can we at least give computers fingers or hand the get themselves off.


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    CorkMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭CorkMan


    orourkeda wrote: »
    Can we at least give computers fingers or hand the get themselves off.

    Don't they already have an antenna?


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    BluesBerry
    Registered Users Posts: 2,221 ✭✭✭BluesBerry


    Would the computer make you breakfast in the morning?


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    Sea Sharp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭Sea Sharp


    you can do that now. Pour some vodka into your USB port, then sit back and be amazed.


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    Saganist
    Registered Users Posts: 1,333 ✭✭✭Saganist


    Maybe in some form but more likely still on old fashioned elecy.

    Anyways, we'll be using quantum computers in the not too distant future and they can do multiple computations at once.

    Its some mad stuff altogether.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzFTXYJ2J1I


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